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MASTER DRILLING GROUP LIMITED - Results of the Annual General Meeting of Master Drilling held on Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Release Date: 13/06/2023 10:47
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Results of the Annual General Meeting of Master Drilling held on Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Master Drilling Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2011/008265/06)
JSE share code: MDI
ISIN: ZAE000171948
(“Master Drilling” or the “Company” or the “Group”)

RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MASTER DRILLING HELD ON TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023.

Master Drilling shareholders are advised that the results of the business conducted at the annual general meeting held on Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at 09h00 at
BDO offices, Wanderers Office Park, 52 Corlett Drive, Illovo, Johannesburg were as follows:



1.     Ordinary resolution number 1 – Appointment of BDO South Africa Incorporated as the auditor of the Company

       BDO was appointed as the independent auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.

       Appointment                    For             %       Against              %      Abstain              %       Shares Voted             %
       of BDO South
       Africa                 122,200,989        93.36%     8,693,912          6,64%       76,606          0.05%        130,894,901        86,48%
       Incorporated
       as auditor of
       the Company
                                                                                                                                                          
2.    Ordinary resolution number 2: Re-election of Non-Executive Director

      Akhter Alli Deshmukh was re-elected by separate resolution as a Non-Executive Director.

      Re-election                     For             %       Against              %      Abstain              %       Shares Voted             %
      of Non-
      Executive
      Director
      Akhter Alli             110,888,414        84,72%    20,006,487         15.28%       76,606          0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%
      Deshmukh

3.    Ordinary resolution number 3: Re-election of Non-Executive Director

      Hendrik Johannes Faul was re- elected by separate resolution as a Non-Executive Director.

      Re- election                    For             %       Against              %      Abstain              %       Shares Voted             %
      of Non-                                                                                                                    
      Executive
      Director
      Hendrik                 130,430,490        99.65%       464,411          0.35%       76,606          0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%
      Johannes
      Faul

4.    Ordinary resolution number 4: Election of Alternate Director

      Gareth Robert Sheppard was elected by separate resolution as an alternate director to Daniel Coenraad Pretorius.

      Election of                     For             %       Against              %      Abstain              %       Shares Voted             %
      Alternate                                                                                                                   
      Director
      Gareth                  113,239,478       100.00%           273         0.00%     17,731,756        11.71%        113,239,751        74.81%
      Robert
      Sheppard
                                                                                                                                                      
5.    Ordinary resolution number 5: Election of Alternate Director

      Fred George Dixon was elected by separate resolution as an alternate director to Barend Jacobus Jordaan.

      Election of                     For             %       Against              %       Abstain             %       Shares Voted             %
      Alternate                                                                                                                    
      Director
      Fred George             113,239,478       100.00%           273          0.00%    17,731,756        11.71%        113,239,751        74.81%
      Dixon

6.    Ordinary resolution number 6: Election of members of the Audit Committee

      Messrs Andries Willem Brink, Akhter Alli Deshmukh, Mamokete Emily Ramathe (all Independent Non-Executive Directors) and Shane Trevor Ferguson
      (Non-Executive Director) were each elected by way of separate resolution as members of the Master Drilling Audit Committee with effect from the end of
      the annual general meeting.


      Election of                     For             %       Against              %       Abstain             %       Shares Voted             %
                                                                                                                                  
      members of the
      Audit Committee

      6.1    Andries          130,868,297        99.98%        26,604          0.02%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%
             Willem
             Brink

      6.2    Shane             97,762,573        74.69%    33,132,328         25.31%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%
             Trevor
             Ferguson

      6.3    Akhter Alli      110,555,961        84.46%    20,338,940         15,54%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%
             Deshmukh
                                                                                                                                                          
      6.4    Mamokete         130,894,628       100.00%           273             0%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901        86,48%
             Emily
             Ramathe


7.    Ordinary resolution number 7: General authority to Directors to allot and issue authorised but unissued ordinary shares

      The general authority was approved for the Directors of Master Drilling to allot and issue ordinary shares. up to a maximum of 5% of the authorised but
      unissued ordinary shares of the Company, pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act and the JSE Listings Requirements.

      General authority               For             %       Against              %       Abstain             %       Shares Voted             %
      to Directors to                                                                                                              
      allot and issue
      authorised but
      unissued ordinary
      shares
                              101,625,672        77,64%    29,269,229         22,36%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901        86.48%

8.    Ordinary resolution number 8: General authority for Directors to issue shares for cash

      The general authority for Directors to issue shares for cash, limited to a maximum number of 7,568,139 ordinary shares and which authority is only valid
      until the next annual general meeting, was approved.

      General authority               For             %       Against              %       Abstain             %       Shares Voted            %
      for Directors to                                                                                                             
      issue shares for
      cash
                              101,625,672        77.64%    29,269,229         22.36%        76,606         0.05%        130,894,901       86.48%
                                                                                                                                                           
9.    Ordinary resolution number 9: Approval of the Master Drilling remuneration policy

      The Company’s remuneration policy as contained in the Remuneration report of the Company as set out in the Integrated Annual Report (excluding the
      remuneration of Directors for their services as Directors and members of the Board or statutory committees) in terms of the King Report on Governance
      for South Africa 2016 (“King IV”) was endorsed by way of a non-binding advisory vote.

      Approval of the                 For             %       Against              %       Abstain             %       Shares Voted            %
      Master Drilling                                                                                                                    
      remuneration
      policy
                               98,434,973        75.22%    32,432,328         24.78%       104,206         0.07%        130,867,301       86.46%

10.   Ordinary resolution number 10: Approval of implementation report of the remuneration policy

      Implementation of the remuneration policy as contained in the Remuneration report of the Company and as set out in the Integrated Annual Report
      (excluding the remuneration of Directors for their services as Directors and members of the Board or statutory committees) in terms of King IV was
      endorsed by way of a non-binding advisory vote.

      Approval of                     For             %       Against              %        Abstain            %       Shares Voted            %
      implementation                                                                                                                     
      report on the
      Master Drilling
      remuneration
      policy
                               98,434,973         75.22%   32,432,328         24.78%        104,206        0.07%        130,867,301       86,46%

11.   Special resolution number 1: General authority to acquire Master Drilling ordinary shares

      The general authority for the Company or any one of its subsidiaries to acquire Master Drilling ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company, and
      subject to the requirements of the Companies Act and the JSE Listings Requirements, was approved.
                                                                                                                                                            
                                      For              %      Against              %        Abstain            %        Shares Voted           %
      General authority to                                                                                                                   
      acquire Master Drilling
      ordinary shares

                              128,648,887         98.28%    2,249,014          1.72%         73,606        0.05%         130,897,901      86.48%

12.   Special resolution number 2: Directors’ fees

      The remuneration to be paid to Directors for their services as Directors for the year commencing 1 July 2023, as recommended by the Remuneration
      Committee and the Board to the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, and as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, as well as payment
      of such Value-Added Tax as may be attributable to Non-Executive Directors’ fees payable by the Company, was approved.

                                      For             %       Against              %        Abstain            %        Shares Voted           %
      Directors’ fees                                                                                                                       

                              129,003,102        98.55%     1,891,799          1.45%         76,606        0.05%         130,894,901      86.48%

13.   Special resolution number 3: Financial assistance in terms of sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act

      The ability for the Company to provide any direct or indirect financial assistance as contemplated in sections 44 and 45 of the Companies Act to any one
      or more related or inter-related companies or corporations of Master Drilling, from time to time during a period of 2 (two) years, commencing on the date
      of this special resolution, and subject to the JSE Listings Requirements, was approved.

                                      For             %       Against              %        Abstain           %         Shares Voted           %
      Financial assistance                                                                                                                  
      in terms of sections
      44 and 45 of the
      Companies Act

                              130,894,628       100.00%           273             0%       76 ,606         0.05%         130,894,901      86.48%

Accordingly, all the resolutions as set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were passed with the requisite majority of votes.

The special resolutions will, to the extent necessary, be filed and registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission.

                                                                                                                                                              
Fochville
13 June 2023

Sponsor
Investec Bank Limited




                        

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